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Plot Summary
A documentary film by Susan Froemke. The stakes could not be higher as visionary director Robert Lepage, the world’s greatest singers, and the Metropolitan Opera tackle Wagner’s Ring cycle. An intimate look at the enormous theatrical and musical challenges of staging opera’s most monumental work, the film chronicles the quest to fulfill Wagner’s dream of a perfect Ring.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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94%- Reviews Counted: 16
- Fresh: 15
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 7.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: [A] 16-hour, four-opera masterwork about the creation and destruction of the world, a work that Wagner considered unstageable in his time.
Fresh: The result is an engrossing chronicle of creative people under pressure, a movie about the madness of opera for which no knowledge of opera is required for full enjoyment.
Fresh: Tension flows organically from every phase of this dangerous endeavor, making for a highly entertaining outing for operaphiles and operaphobes alike.
Fresh: You don't need to be a fan of Wagner, or even opera, to find this a fascinating glimpse of a dauntingly complex human endeavor.
Customer Reviews
You miss a lot if you don't understand French
A fascinating trip inside the productions, but as I don't speak French I feel like I've missed half the film.
Where are the subtitles
This movie doesn't have subtitles, which makes it very hard to understand if you don't speak French (or French-canadian to be more precise). Too bad...
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